Bacteroides is an opportunistic, anaerobic, Gram-negative bacilli. Bacteroides fragilis is the most common species involved in human disease.
Bacteroides fragilisMariner transposonMutantsTransposon mutagenesisBacteroides fragilis is Gram-negative obligatory anaerobe which usually resides in the gut of humans and animals. As an important member of the human gut microbiota it plays a vital role in digestion and absorption of nutrients as well as...
BacteroidesFragilisis an obligateanaerobe, Gram-negative bacteria that is a part of the normal biome of the human colon. Functionally, there are two distinct groups ofBacteroides fragilis. Strains that secrete a zinc-dependentmetalloproteasetoxin (Bft) which is encoded from theB. fragilispathogenicity...
Related to Bacteroides fragilis:Clostridium difficile,clostridium perfringens,E coli ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. Bacteroides- type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in ...
abdominal infections caused by the following Gram-negative and Gram-positive microorganisms: Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacteroides fragilis, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus ...
Bacteroides fragilis, resulting in a group that is much more biochemically and genetically cohesive (Shah and Collins, 1989). This group is now comprised of what were previouslyB. fragilissubspecies plus a few additional newly recognized species. The genus includesBacteroides fragilis,B. ...
fragilis, and Bacteroides acidifaciens [2•]. It has been recognised that Bacteroides spp. readily transfer antibiotic resistance genes (e.g. tetQ, ermF and ermG) amongst the strains of genus but also amongst other gut bacteria, including gram-positive bacteria [17]. This flexibility of ...
normal flora of the intestinal tract and to a lesser degree, the respiratory and urogenital cavities of humans and animals; many species formerly classified asBacteroideshave been reclassified as belonging to the genusPrevotella. Many species can be pathogenic. The type species isBacteroides fragilis....
Clindamycin (7-chlorolincomycin) was used successfully in the treatment of 3 patients with septicaemia caused by Bacteroides fragilis or related anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli. Bacteroides were isolated from 5 out of 324 blood cultures (1.5%) examined during 1972. Four of the patients were elderly...
Bacteroides forsythus Bacteroides forsythus Bacteroides forsythus SEE: Tannerella forsythia. Bacteroides fragilis Bacteroides fragilis Bacteroides fragilis A species that may produce life-threatening infections in blood vessels, the peritoneum, or the pelvis. ...